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Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Wed 08 May 2024
Wales Office

Mentions:
1: Liz Saville Roberts (PC - Dwyfor Meirionnydd) In that spirit of open democracy, will he support a cap on donations to political parties? - Speech Link
2: Martin Vickers (Con - Cleethorpes) Friend consider amending planning guidance, so that local plans and decisions taken by local planning - Speech Link
3: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond (Yorks)) I know that the local plan in my hon. - Speech Link
4: John Penrose (Con - Weston-super-Mare) Weston-super-Mare is a growing town, so local health services are rightly growing as well. - Speech Link
5: Angela Richardson (Con - Guildford) Empowering local pharmacies is a key part of this Government’s plan to cut waiting lists. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Coastal Communities: East Devon - Wed 08 May 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Richard Foord (LD - Tiverton and Honiton) The levelling-up funding that replaced it represents less than half that amount.If properly funded, local - Speech Link
2: Richard Foord (LD - Tiverton and Honiton) East Devon District Council put in additional funding, as did other local councils, making a local contribution - Speech Link
3: Simon Hoare (Con - North Dorset) views and thoughts on some local issue on the record. - Speech Link


General Committees
Draft Representation of the People (England and Wales and Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 - Wed 08 May 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Simon Hoare (Con - North Dorset) One instrument applied to all local elections in England and to police and crime commissioner elections - Speech Link
2: Florence Eshalomi (LAB - Vauxhall) critical that our electoral law is as legible and transparent as possible, not only for the health of democracy - Speech Link
3: Simon Hoare (Con - North Dorset) The requirement of the beating heart of democracy is that that beating heart be exercised, and it is - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
West Midlands: Transport - Wed 08 May 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Rachel Maclean (Con - Redditch) I want to keep my remarks to my local area of Redditch and Birmingham. - Speech Link
2: Simon Lightwood (LAB - Wakefield) national trends on bus decline and deliver for local residents. - Speech Link
3: Huw Merriman (Con - Bexhill and Battle) That is democracy in action. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Councillors: Publication of Addresses - Wed 08 May 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Con - Life peer) Protecting our democratic values and our processes for democracy is one of the most important duties - Speech Link
2: Lord Rennard (LD - Life peer) Aggressive behaviour which goes well beyond courteous debate deters people from public service, weakens democracy - Speech Link
3: Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Con - Life peer) Anything more that we can do to protect democracy, particularly in local elections, we will do—I will - Speech Link
4: Lord Hayward (Con - Life peer) My Lords, I am pleased that my noble friend referred to democracy in general. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Countering Iran’s Hostile Activities - Wed 08 May 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Margaret Hodge (Lab - Barking) executed.In Iran, the IRGC is renowned for its brutality and violence, for undermining human rights and democracy - Speech Link
2: Iain Duncan Smith (Con - Chingford and Woodford Green) That has subsequently become a sort of democracy campaign. As the right hon. - Speech Link
3: Chris Law (SNP - Dundee West) Proscription would be a tangible step by the UK Government to stand up for the values of freedom and democracy - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Media Bill
Committee stage part one - Wed 08 May 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Baroness Fraser of Craigmaddie (Con - Life peer) other visual and performing arts programming plays a vital role in enabling new talent to be heard, local - Speech Link
2: None Losing it would leave UK society and democracy worse off. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Defence - Tue 07 May 2024
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Kevan Jones (Lab - North Durham) We need to make that case to show that the democracy that we take for granted is delicate and needs to - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Ninety-one per cent of our local procurement in Northern Ireland comes from small and medium-sized enterprises - Speech Link
3: James Sunderland (Con - Bracknell) If the UK is to be a bastion of global democracy, it is important for us to have that reach across the - Speech Link
4: Maria Eagle (Lab - Garston and Halewood) We are the party of NATO and Labour’s values of democracy, freedom and peace are embedded in its founding - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill
Committee stage part one - Tue 07 May 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: None The right to insist on such matters of international law is surely an important element of local democracy - Speech Link
2: Lord Sentamu (XB - Life peer) Friends, in a free democracy, should we rule out public bodies that may feel, for example, that they - Speech Link
3: Baroness Lister of Burtersett (Lab - Life peer) For me, that is not democracy; it smacks of totalitarianism. - Speech Link
4: None government and local officials who have been violating human rights. - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Combined Authorities (Finance) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 - Tue 07 May 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Baroness Swinburne (Con - Life peer) The 2017 order provides for an effective process aligned with wider local government budgeting timetables - Speech Link
2: Baroness Pinnock (LD - Life peer) Currently, the council tax is set by the local authority and there is the adult social care precept, - Speech Link
3: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) It just shows, again, that local government matters. - Speech Link